How to: Script Jobs Using Transact-SQL (SQL Server Management Studio)

This topic explains how to create Transact-SQL scripts that perform job steps.

In Object Explorer, connect to an instance of the Microsoft SQL Server Database Engine, and then expand that instance.
Expand SQL Server Agent, expand Jobs, right-click the job you want to script.
From the right-click menu, select Script Job as, then CREATE To or DROP To and click one of the following:
- New Query Editor Window, which opens a new Query Editor window and writes the Transact-SQL script to it.
- File, which saves the Transact-SQL script to a file.
- Clipboard, which saves the Transact-SQL script to the Clipboard.

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